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UCLA senior gymnast Samantha Peszek was named the Pac-12 Specialist of the Week for the second time in three weeks and for the third time in her career.

Peszek won all three events in which she competed in the Bruins' dual meet win over Stanford, capturing first place on beam with a career-high-tying 9.95 and tying for top marks on vault (season-high 9.925) and uneven bars (9.825). Peszek's vault was her first since the season opener on Jan. 11. She has been held out of two meets and limited to bars and beam for the others with a stress reaction in her foot. Her vault score helped the Bruins achieve a team season-high of 49.4 on the event. On beam, she led the team to another season-best of 49.525, UCLA's highest score on beam since the 2010 NCAA Regionals. Peszek has seven individual victories in just 11 routines this season.

Stanford's Kristina Vaculik won Gymnast of the Week honors, and her Cardinal teammate Nicolette McNair was selected as the Freshman/Newcomer of the Week.

UCLA travels to the desert to face Arizona on Saturday, Mar. 1 at 3pm PT.